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Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes orders X's suspension in Brazil after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country — SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil …
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X: @elonmusk, @prestonjbyrne, @bluesky, @brendancarrfcc, @shaunmmaguire, @elonmusk, @shaunmmaguire, @levelsio, @timsweeneyepic, @x, @jihoz_axie, @adamscochran, @notgwendalupe, @davidmackau, @chrchristensen, @elonmusk, @lindayax, @shaunmmaguire, @mikeisaac, @elonmusk, @chrchristensen, @brndxix, @bluesky, @ianbremmer, @willguyatt, @dcurtis, @djrothkopf, @matthiasellis, @zedonarrival, and @chrchristensen
| New York Times: |
Brazilian judge amends his order, no longer requiring Apple and Google to prevent downloads of X's app; those using a VPN to access X still face a ~$9K/day fine — The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.
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Forums: r/BlueskySocial and r/inthenews
| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI is in discussions about changing its corporate structure to become more investor-friendly, including removing a cap on profits for investors — Discussions come as Apple, Nvidia and Microsoft consider funding round that would value start-up at more than $100bn
More: New York Times, Spyglass, Fortune, Tracxn, CryptoSlate, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Wccftech, Cointelegraph, TechCrunch, and Benzinga
X: @edzitron, @modestproposal1, @buccocapital, @balancecrafting, @modestproposal1, @georgenhammond, and @carnage4life. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a now-patched zero-day in a Chromium core engine to steal crypto from organizations — A North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a previously unknown bug in Chrome to target organizations with the goal … | Matt Stoller / BIG: |
Social media companies' reliance on Section 230 protections is in jeopardy after a US court ruled TikTok's algorithmic curation is not protected by Section 230 — “TikTok reads 230 of the Communications Decency Act to permit casual indifference to the death of a ten-year-old girl.” - Judge Paul Matey
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Mastodon: @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social. X: @moonalice, @matthewstoller, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @matthewstoller, @daphnehk, @speechu, and @leehepner. LinkedIn: H. B. Acharya, Ph.D.
Forums: Hacker News, r/law, r/technology, and r/AWDTSGisToxic
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon hires the founders of industrial robot maker Covariant and ~25% of its staff, and signs a non-exclusive license to Covariant's robotic foundation models — Amazon is hiring three of the founders from Covariant, a Bay Area startup that develops AI for advanced warehouse robotics systems.
More: About Amazon, The Decoder, Covariant, The Information, and Bloomberg
| Financial Times: |
Telegram's 2023 financials: $342.5M revenue, 40% of which came from crypto-related line items, and $108M operating loss; it had holdings of ~$400M in Toncoin — Pavel Durov's company has been coining it in — Pavel Durov's arrest in France for allegedly failing to control criminal content on Telegram …
More: Financial Times, The Block, Cryptopolitan, The Crypto Times, CoinGape, and Coinspeaker
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A Texas federal judge who held Tesla stock denies a motion to dismiss X's lawsuit accusing Media Matters of misrepresenting the amount of extremist content on X — Judge says Musk critic “targeted” advertisers in Texas, denies motion to dismiss. — A federal judge in Texas yesterday ruled …
More: The Verge, The Northern District of Texas, The Gateway Pundit, Engadget, Law & Crime, Reason, The Independent, and Fortune
X: @jeffjarvis, @chrisgeidner, @eriqgardner, @jamesrbuk, @chrisgeidner, @chrisgeidner, and @xnews. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The City of Columbus, OH, sues security researcher David Leroy Ross, aka Connor Goodwolf, accusing him of sharing data stolen by a ransomware gang with media — The City of Columbus, Ohio, has filed a lawsuit against security researcher David Leroy Ross, aka Connor Goodwolf …
More: Ars Technica, WBNS-TV, The Columbus Dispatch, WSYX ABC 6 on YouTube, The Cyber Express, and WOSU Public Media
X: @katyashanahan, @shillcockgeorge, @reporterbush, @dc_dewitt, @hackingdave, @shillcockgeorge, @randyludlow, @shillcockgeorge, @katyashanahan, @laceycrisp, and @laceycrisp. LinkedIn: Robert Fernandes
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google says Search AI Overviews, Gemini image generation, and other AI products will not respond to election-related topics ahead of the US elections — Google is gearing up for the upcoming U.S. presidential election by rolling out safeguards for more of its generative AI products.
More: Engadget, The Keyword, Android Police, MediaPost, Tom's Guide, and TVNewsCheck. X: @demworksinc
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely — It is with great sadness that I find myself penning the hardest news post I've ever needed to write here at AnandTech.
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Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social and @ddsd.bsky.social
X: @swiftonsecurity, @ganeshts, @patrickmoorhead, @emilyayoung1, @austinnotduncan, @jonmasters, @carnage4life, @samfbiddle, @richardlai, @benbajarin, @panzer, @mgsiegler, @saschasegan, @carygolomb, @r3dash, @aschilling, @aexm, @benthompson, @hardwarecanucks, @345triangle, @whipalash, @ryansmithat, @varunkrish, @geek4dogs, @anandtech, @kylebrussell, @nicgonfar, and @anandtech
LinkedIn: Georgiana Comsa, Hyoun Park, Ranbir Mahapatra, Patrick Moorhead, Anil Nanduri, Matthew S Smith, and Jon Masters
Forums: Hacker News, r/france, r/DataHoarder, r/Android, r/pcgaming, r/gadgets, r/technology, r/LinusTechTips, r/hardware, Beehaw, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| New York Times: |
Sources: the cryptology part of France's charges against Pavel Durov raises concerns at US tech companies with E2EE messaging apps, like Signal, Apple, and Meta — The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram's founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app's approach to privacy and security.
More: Decrypt, The Verge, Washington Post, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BankInfoSecurity.com, Platformonomics, CCN.com, Tech Policy Press, New York Daily News, and Platformer
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X: @mikeisaac, @jake__coffee, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
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